The president Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroannounced Tuesday at a virtual meeting. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), the closure of the Caribbean country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in support of Mexico following an attack by Ecuadorian police on that country’s diplomatic headquarters.

“In the face of this abnormal act of arrogance on the part of the President (Daniel) Noboa (…) I ordered the closure of our embassy in Ecuador, the closure of the consulate in Quito, the immediate closure of the consulate in Guayaquil and that diplomatic personnel immediately return to Venezuela,” the president indicated at the meeting.

Maduro instructed the charge d’affaires – the head of the Venezuelan diplomatic mission in Ecuador – Pedro Sassoneto return to the Caribbean country “until international law is fully restored.”

The Venezuelan President indicated that the Ecuadorian police attack on the Mexican embassy was an “act of barbarity,” so he expressed support for Mexico’s proposal to expel Ecuador from Mexico. United Nations (UN) “Until he apologizes to the international community and returns the situation to its original legal status.”

Celac virtual meeting convened by its President temporaryin charge of Honduras, began on Tuesday to combat the attack on the Mexican embassy in Quito, According to the Vice Chancellor of Honduras, Gerardo Torres.

Event chaired by temporary It is carried out by a representative Honduras, Xiomara Castro, It began around 09:00 local time (15:00 Moscow time), without the participation of all presidents of the organization’s member countries.

Uruguay will not participate in the Celac summit because it understands that it has undergone a change in the “rules of the game” and is no longer functioning on the basis of consensus, the South American country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Omar Paganini.

During the summit, the President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, He asked countries to join his complaint against Ecuador in International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“We appreciate the solidarity of the majority of the peoples and governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, and we also want to invite you, if you consider it appropriate and appropriate, to join us by signing a complaint to the International Court of Justice of Latin America and the Caribbean. justice,” he said in his initial message.

López Obrador confirmed that his complaint seeks “the expulsion of Ecuador from the United Nations, provided that there are no apologies and offers of non-repetition to never commit crimes again” such as the raid on Mexico’s diplomatic headquarters on April 5 .